Alcatraz: Prison Escape

Alcatraz: Prison Escape

Developers
	Zombie Studios
Publishers
	Activision Value Publishing
Engines
	LithTech Talon
Release dates
Windows	October 19, 2001
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Stealth
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	North America

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Alcatraz: Prison Escape is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person stealth game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM. Game also requires running it via a shortcut created in the desktop after installation to run it.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official

Patch 1.01 is available here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\autoexec.fg

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.sav

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Set a custom resolution in <path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg and use the FOV fix.
Multi-monitor		Setting a multimonitor resolution crops the menus too much.
Ultra-widescreen		Setting a ultrawide resolution crops the menus too much.
4K Ultra HD		Set 4K resolution in <path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg and use the FOV fix.
Field of view (FOV)		Use the FOV fix.
Windowed		Start the game's shortcut with +windowed 1 parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Start the game's shortcut with +windowed 1 +borderless 1 parameters.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		12
Online play		12	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	27888

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Jittery mouselook when mouse polling rate exceeds 125 Hz

Wrapping the old DirectInput calls into DirectInput 8 seems to fix the issue
Download DirectInput wrapper. Extract it to <path-to-game>. Add the line InputRate=60 in <path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg. Decrease mouse sensitivity in-game and increase it on the mouse driver control panel's DPI settings.

Starts on second monitor

Set display manually
Go to the installation folder and edit autoexec.cfg. Locate the line "carddesc" "\\.\DISPLAY2". Replace it with "carddesc" "\\.\DISPLAY1". Notes If the line does not already exist, add it manually.

Game has a 2048 pixel resolution limit

Use dgVoodoo 2

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	3.0.0.0
Input	DirectInput
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)